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FARE-REGISTERu Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented. April 2, 1907.

Application filed January 10,1906. Serial No. 295,413.

T at whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, WALTER WARREN BURLESON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Denaud, in the county of Lee and State of Florida, have invented new and useful Improvements in Fare-Registers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention is a fare-recorder, and more particularly that kind which is operated by means of a depressible platform located in front of the car-door on which the person steps. A marker actuated by the platform makes a record on a movable belt each time the platform is depressed, whereby an autographic record is made of the number of persons entering the car. Means are also provided for recording half-fares and marking off stations, so that the distance traveled is known, together with other novel features of construction hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is an elevation of the invention. Fig. 2 is a vertical section on the line 2 2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a horizontal section on the line 3 3 of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a vertical section on the line 4 4 of Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is a sectional detail of the pencil-disk hereinafter referred to. Fig. 6 is an enlarged sectional view on the line 6 6 of Fig. 2. Fig. 7 is a plan view of a piece of the record-belt with a record thereon.

Referring specifically to the drawings, 10 denotes the car-door, through which a per son must pass to enter the car. In front of the door is a depressible platform 11, which is pivoted at one end, as at 12, to the carfloor. Under the platform is placed a spring 13, which returns the platform to its normal position when the person steps off. Stoppins 13 project from the casing in which the platform works to prevent excessive clown- Ward movement thereof. The casing has a number of holes 13 so that the position of the pins can be changed to regulate the extent of the downward movement of the plat form.

The recording mechanism is mounted in a suitable supporting-frame comprising corner-posts 14, connected by cross-bars 15. The frame will be inclosed in a case, so that the mechanism cannot be tampered with. For the sake of clearness this case has been omitted in the drawings.

At 16 and 17, respectively, are indicated two standards, which are mounted on the supporting-frame.

At the top of the standard 16 is journaled a reel 18, and at the bottom of the standard a reel 19 is journaled, which carries a ratchet-wheel 20. One end of a belt or tape 21 is connected to and wound on the reel 18, the other end being connected to the reel 19, on which it will be wound when the ratchet-wheel is actuated. On the standard 17 are mounted similar reels 22 and 23, respectively, on which a belt or tape 24 is wound. The reel 23 also carries a ratchet-wheel 25 for unwinding the belt 24.

The ratchet-wheels and are actuated by vertically-movable rack-bars 26 and 27, respectively, which are mounted in suitable bearings 28. The teeth of the ratchetwheels and rack-bars are so arranged that the ratchet-wheels are actuated when the bars are pulled downwardly. The rack-bars have sufficient lateral play in the bearings 28 to slip over the teeth of the ratchet-wheels in their upward movement. Pawls 29 are provided for preventing backward movement of the ratchet-wheels. The rack-bars are made in two pieces, which are coupled above the floor of the car in any suitable manner, as by pins 29. By this arrangement the parts above the floor can be removed without disturbing the mechanism to be hereinafter described, which is below the floor.

The top end of the bar 26 is connected by a cord or other flexible connection 30 to a disk 31, which is mounted on an axle 32,carried by a cross-bar 33, extending between the standards 16 and 17. The bar 27 is connected in a like manner to a disk 34, also mounted on the axle 32. The disks carry radially-extending pencils or other suitable marking devices and 36, respectively, which make a mark on the belts when the disks are turned on the axle 32. The disks are actuated by the bars 26 and 27 when the latter are depressed. The disk 31 is returned to its normal position by a flat spring 37, which is secured to and extends radially from the projecting end of the axle 32, the spring being engaged by a projecting pin 38, carried by the disk. The disk 34 is returned in the same manner. The pencils are mounted in recesses 39, made in the periphcries of the disks. Springs are placed in the bottom of the recesses and bear on the inner ends of the pencils, so that the latter engage the belts with a yielding pressure. Any suitable means may be provided for retaining the pencils in the recesses'as, for instance, a pin 41 extending from the walls of the grooves into slots 42 in the pencils. The cords 30 are normally slack, so that when the bars 26 and 27 are pulled down the belts will first be unwound one step. As soon as the cords 30 tighten the pencil-disks are actuated and the record is made. The belts travel over boards 43, located between the reels, which serve as a backing to sustain the stroke of the pencils. To prevent excessive backward movement of the pencildisks, I provide a stop-pin 43, which extends from a cross-bar 48", extending between the standards 16 and 17, and is engaged by fingers 43 projecting from said disks.

To the platform 11 is fastened an arm 44, which extends under the floor of the car. The arm is slotted at 45, through which slot the reduced lower end 46 of the bar 26 extends. Below the arm 44 the bar carries a transverse pin 47, which is engaged by the arm when the latter is depressed, whereby the bar 26 is pulled downwardly to actuate the ratchet-wheel 20. The slot 45 is wide enough to give the bar 26 sufficient lateral play to enable it to slip over the teeth of the ratchet-wheel on its return movement. On the top of the arm 44 is a recess 48, in which a coiled spring 49 is placed, which bears against the bar and causes the latter to engage the ratchet\vheel with a yielding pressure. The reduced end 46 of the bar forms a shoulder which engages the top of the arm, so that when said arm is raised the bar will be pushed upwardly to its normal position.

Under the outer end of the arm 44 is a block 50, which is mounted on top of a bowed spring 51, fastened to a cross-beam 52. The block has a vertical slot 53, through which the reduced end 54 of the bar 27 extends. The block is also slotted transversely, as at 55,in which slot a pin 56, extending from the bar 27, works. The bar also extends through a slot 57 in the arm 44. A spring 58 is placed in the slot 55 and bears 011 the bar, so that it will engage the ratchet-wheel with a yielding pressure. The slots 53 and 55 are of sufficient width to permit lateral play of the bar. The bar 27 will be pulled down to actuate the recording mechanism by the arm 44. When said arm is lowered sufficiently to bear on the block 50, it will depress the latter, which by reason of its connection with the bar will pull down the latter. When the arm is raised from the block 50, the spring 51 returns the block and bar to their normal position.

At 59 is indicated a lever which is fulcrumed to a standard 60, rising from the floor. The short end of the lever is connected by a cord or other suitable means 61 to the latform 11. The end of the long arm of the ever extends under a weight 62, which is mounted in a frame 63 to slide up and down therein. The object of this lever and weight is to enable children or half-fares to be recorded separately, which is done in the following manner:

The weight 62 will be such a one as will balance the average weight of a child or halffare say forty pounds. N ow when a person under forty pounds steps on the platform. the arm 44 lowers and through its connection with the bar 26 causes the pencil to make a record on the belt 21., {lhe recording device on the outer side is not actuated, because when the lever 59 reaches the bottom of the weight 62 the platform is prevented from being further depressed, and the arm 44 therefore cannot swing downwardly far enough to push the block down, and thereby actuate the bar 27. When a person weighing over forty pounds steps on the platform, both recording devices will be actuated, because when the lever 59 engages the weight 62 it will slide the latter upwardly in the frame 63. The platform is therefore free to be depressed sufficiently for the arm 44 to engage the block 50 and bear down thereon to actuate the bar 27. It will therefore be seen. that half-fares are recorded on the left belt and full fares on both belts. The difference between the number of records made on the two belts will indicate the number of halffarcs. Bells 64 and 65 of different pitches are provided for the two recording devices, said belts being actuated by hammers 66, carried by the pencil-disks 31 and 34.

Each belt is provided with means for marliing off stations. Said means comprise a cord 67, one end of which is made fast to a block 68, which slides in an arc-shaped slot 69 in the car-floor behind the door. From there the cord passes over guide-pulleys 70 and 71 respectively, and from the latter in a horizontal direction across the board over and in contact with the belt 2]. to a guide-pulley 72 on the rear cross-bar 15, and thence to a palley 73 and from there across and in contact with the belt 24 and then over a pulley 74, the depending end 75 of the cord being weighted, as at 76. On each side of the belts are placed. inking-pads 77, over which the marking-cord 67 travels. To hold the marking-cord off the bolts, 1 provide wedge-shaped blocks 78 and 79, respectively, which are slidably mounted in undercut vertical grooves in the boards 43. To the wedge-blocks are fastened lines 80, which pass over guide-pulleys S1 at the top of the frame and are connected to a single line 82, which extends over a guide-pulley to the door being made fast thereto, as at 84.

The station-marker operates as follows: l/Vhen a station is reached, the door is opened, which slides the block 68 rearwardly, whereby the marking-line is drawn across the belts, 011 which a horizontal line is then made. The belts are then ready to receive the passengerrecord. As it is necessary to keep the 111211liing-line off the belt when recording the passengers, the wedge-blocks 78 and 79 are provided. The cord 82 connecting said blocks to the door is slack, so that it does not pull until the door is nearly open. It then pulls the wedge-blocks under the marking-line and removes it from the belts. To prevent the record on the belts from becoming blotted, I provide for each of said belts a blotting device comprising a rotatable disk 85, Which is mounted on a cross-bar 86, extending between the boards 43. The disks are faced with blotting-paper and are pressed against the belts by a spring 87.

The operation of the recorder is as follows: When the door is opened to admit passengers to the car, a horizontal line is made across the belts, after which the marking-line is removed from the belts in the manner heretofore described, and the belts are ready to record the passengers. If ten persons enter the car, the belts will move ten steps and receive ten dashes. The door is now closed, which makes a second horizontal line across the tape, so that the number of passengers entering at the station is indicated on the belts between the two horizontal lines. At the next station the door is opened, and another horizontal line is made on the belt, but over the one made when the door was closed at the last station. The number of passengers leaving the car will be recorded and the door closed to make another horizontal line across the belt. The belt now contains in separate groups a record of the number of passengers that got on at the first station and the number that got off at the second station. The door is now opened again, and the passengers entering are recorded as before. The operation herein described is repeated at the next station, so that a record is made of the number of persons entering and leaving the car at each station. At the end of the route the belts will show the total number of passengers carried, together with the distance carried. The number of half-fares is determined in the manner heretofore described.

I claim 1. In a fare-recorder, the combination with a pair of recording devices, each of which comprises a marker for a movable recordbelt, and a ratchet-wheel for operating the belt, of a spring-supported block, a depressible latform, an arm extending from the plat 'orm, the outer end of the arm extending above the block and adapted to bear thereon when the platform is depressed beyond a predetermined extent, rack-bars for actuating the aforesaid ratchet-wheels, and operatively connected to the markers, one of said rackbars being connected to the arm, and the other to the aforesaid block, and a yielding stop for the platform, said stop yielding when the platform is weighted beyond a predetermined extent.

2. In a fare-recorder, the combination with a pair of recording devices, each of which comprises a marker for a movable recordbelt, and a ratchet-wheel for operating the belt, of a spring-supported block, a depressible platform, an arm extending from the platform, the outer end of the arm extending above the block and adapted to bear thereon when the platform is depressed beyond a predetermined extent, raek-bars for actuating the aforesaid ratchet-wheels, and operatively connected to the markers, one of said rackbars being connected to the arm, and the other to the aforesaid block, a sliding weight, and a lever connected at one end to the platform, and its other end extending under the weight.

3. In a fare-recorder, the combination with a pair of recording devices, each of which comprises a ratchet-wheel for operating a movable record-belt, and a marker for each belt, of rack-bars engaging the ratchet-wheels and operatively connected to the markers, and means for operating one or both of the rack-bars according to the weight of the person to be recorded.

4. In a fare-recorder, the combination with a pair of recording devices, each of which comprises a ratchet-wheel for operating a movable record-belt, and a marker for each belt, of rack-bars engaging the ratchet-wheels and operatively connected to the markers, a depressible platform operatively connected to one of the rack-bars and adapted to actuate the other rack-bar when the platform is depressed beyond a predetermined extent, and a yielding stop for the platform, said stop yielding when the platform is weighted beyond a predetermined extent.

5. In a fareregister, the combination of a ratchet-wheel for moving a record-belt, a rotatable disk carrying a marking device for the belt, a rack-b ar for actuating the ratchetwheel and operatively connected to the aforesaid disk, and a depressible platform for actuating the rack-bar.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

WALTER WARREN BURLESON.

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